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I’d like to share the information about the tea stores in Koriyama city, which somehow similar to Makinohara region. The city had been developed by former Samurai in Meiji period. This history is similar to the establishment of tea plantation … Continue reading
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Shizuoka teas are enjoyed everywhere in Japan. As mentioned before, tea blenders produce loose leaf teas by using some of crude teas made in various tea estates. Some specialty tea stores blend crude teas made by some tea factories located … Continue reading
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government will serve some of local specialty dishes for lunch from 28th August to 8th September in its cafeteria on weekday. Some prefectures provide local foods characteristic to each region. Shizuoka local lunch will be served from 4th to 8th … Continue reading
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Shizuoka teas are enjoyed everywhere in Japan. In many cases, local tea companies blend a wide variety of crude teas made in various tea estates in order to adjust tea flavor characteristic to each company according to the local taste. Due to … Continue reading
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Matsue city is one of the most mystic cities in Japan and famous as the city of water, the chief city of the province of Gods, as mentioned by Lafcadio Hearn [800], and the second largest consumption of Japanese tea … Continue reading
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Oki islands, known as the islands of Gods in Japan and the forth island created by Izanami and Izanagi recorded in Japanese myth “Kojiki”. Landscapes of native nature express so fantastic views in a wide variety as if gods and … Continue reading
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Good companies and their products in Shizuoka prefecture are introduced in Shibuya Hikarie. The organizer of the exhibition, “d design travel”, arrays the products or replica of the good companies as follows. Of course, tea products are exhibited. This picture … Continue reading
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Tea sprouts of second flush are growing vividly. The view of tea plantation in this period is also beautiful. Day coming longer and humidity getting higher, the early summer days sometimes draw fantastic scenes in sun set time. … Continue reading
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Japan International Tea Show started today. The trade show will go on till 8th June. In this trade show, various teas and related items from Shizuoka are exhibited. The purpose of this event is the promotion of business matching between … Continue reading
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A series of open water swim competitions has been held in each beach all around Japan. The OWS race in Shizuoka has also held annually, its name is “Ocha Swim” which means “Swim race in the tea estate”, in tribute … Continue reading